Tubulin evolution in insects: gene duplication and subfunctionalization provide specialized isoforms in a functionally constrained gene family

Nielsen, Mark; R. Gadagkar, Sudhindra; M. Gutzwiller, Lisa

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-113

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Tubulin evolution in insects: gene duplication and subfunctionalization provide specialized isoforms in a functionally constrained gene family

Published in BMC Evolutionary Biology • Jan 1, 2010

Authors:

Mark Nielsen

Sudhindra R. Gadagkar

Lisa M. Gutzwiller

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The completion of 19 insect genome sequencing projects spanning six insect orders provides the opportunity to investigate the evolution of important gene families, here tubulins. Tubulins are a family of eukaryotic structural genes that form microtubules, fundamental components of the cy...

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Subfunctionalization

Biology

Neofunctionalization

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